Brookside Partners With Sun Culture To Provide Farmers With Solar Powered Irrigation System
According to John Gethi, Brookside’s director of milk procurement and manufacturing, the system will enable farmers grow fodder crops and provide reliable drinking water for their animals. He said that the company is currently running pilots on the project at demonstration farms in Uasin Gishu, Nyandarua, Kajiado and Kiambu .An adult healthy dairy animal requires between 75 to 80 litres of water daily. Besides maintenance of body temperature, water is important in the digestion of feed and fodder....